According to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, their F-16 bombers targeted an Islamic State central command meeting that was being held in eastern Syria this weekend.

The F-16 bombers annihilated the entire building where the meeting was held, killing more than 45 Islamic State combatants and their leaders.

Among the Islamic State terrorists that were killed this weekend was the cousin of the group’s infamous leader and founder Ibrahim Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.

This targeted bombing is another major blow to the terrorist group this week, as their first symbolic loss took place at Tal Safouk, which is a border-crossing that was lost to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Tal Safouk was where the leaders of the Islamic State first announced the start of their so-called ‘caliphate’ in both Iraq and Syria.

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F-16 are not “bombers” but multirole fighter-jets, here used in the role of strike-aircraft. BTW, it was a (Turkish) F-16 that shot down the Russian Su-24M, end 2015. A “Strategic bombing” AKA “terror bombing” is absolutely not related to such an airstrike that can be called a “decapitation” strike as the leaders were targetted… Usually, a strategic bombing means you use strategic bombers, e.g. Tu-160, Tu-95, Tu-22M, B-52, B-1, B-2 and you carpet bomb (or nuke), generally a city… Example of strategic bombing : Tokyo, March 1945, 100,000 dead…